Brass Strand of Beads

Gently lumpy golden beads, strung like a rosary for a very practical saint.

This is a strand of beads. It is brass. Brass has long been a favored metal for beads, its warm gold color deepening to a soft brown with handling. Chubby oval and barrel beads with soft shoulders and a muted, sandy sheen. Occasional seam lines run along their sides, and a few ends look slightly flattened. The strand winds around itself in nested rings.

Not one bead is perfect, which keeps the whole thing honest.